infrastructure

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- +‎ structure. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹɐkt͡ʃə/, /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹakt͡ʃə/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfrɑstrəktʃə(r)/ === Noun === infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures) (systems theory) An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. [from 1887] Antonym: superstructure Hyponym: Common Language Infrastructure Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, underframework The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society. Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === infrastructure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From infra- +‎ structure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fʁas.tʁyk.tyʁ/ === Noun === infrastructure f (plural infrastructures) infrastructure (an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) [from 1875] === Further reading === “infrastructure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012